What is the VERY BEST thing about living in Thailand??

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In many ways Thailand is a much more free country than the over regulated and very poorly governed US these days. It's also doesn't have the pure volume of activist idiots irresponsibly abusing the few rights we have left.

What is the VERY BEST thing about living in Thailand?

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Grocery store shopping. Every city where I have lived in Thailand either inside the grocery store or a short walk away were a plethora of amusements for those of us who are still sexually active. Not to say other countries don't cater to this market but not in such a lively and varied way as Thailand does. Lotus, Tops and Friendship to me all have alternative more accurate meanings than the companies intended.

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The fact that I can go to the bank at 8 PM on Sunday night (Mall branch) or that I can get a haircut almost anytime of day (exception Wednesdays). And of course, 24 hour 7-11 and family Mart on every corner, and food vendors right off the train on the way home. The ultimate convenience society...there are a few costs to that convenience but well worth it.

I recall many times in the US, did not go shopping and the nearest convenience store either too far away or closed after 8 PM...so had to make due with whatever is in the pantry...and needing a haircut to boot because I could not get to the barber before 5 PM !

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Still a relatively low cost of living compared to the west and the weather!

Housing is the big one....most other things are similar cost if one wants similar quality. But having said that....I pay only 1/5th of what I would pay on the east coast of the US for similar accommodation so it is huge.

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I sold my house in the US, bought a new 3-story townhouse here (in wife's name of course), and still had 75% of the money leftover to live on. It would have been 90% if it wasn't for the capital gains taxes.